Non Action Man
Nose Landing Specialist
well, today brought the end to my first plane. We're been through a bit together in the short time we had. Today, sadly though, this was beyond what I thought was repairable.
that is a motor mount with firewall still attached after a near perfect vertical dive onto a road! The motor shaft moved back about 3mm as well.
The motor still runs ok, but I think the bearings may not have liked it too much, it seems a little grumbly now.
I was worried about the speed control, as it was mounted on the firewall, behind the motor and the engine mount crushed onto it. The ESC started up ok, and seems to work, but not sure I can trust it fully, as the heat sink on it is a little deformed, and the PCB with all the FETs on it is a little deformed too.
The rest of the plane was pretty trashed, it got a large crack about half way round the fuse just behind the wing root, one wing was torn off (not that hasn't happened many a time before) and taken a fair chunk of fuse with it.
On autopsy, the elevator may have failed mid fight as it was cracked nearly all around the control horn, moving reasonably freely. It was a bit breezy when I was flying it, and I was making a lot of fast movements to keep on top of the wind.
Oh well.... so, new plane on the horizon!
NAM
that is a motor mount with firewall still attached after a near perfect vertical dive onto a road! The motor shaft moved back about 3mm as well.
The motor still runs ok, but I think the bearings may not have liked it too much, it seems a little grumbly now.
I was worried about the speed control, as it was mounted on the firewall, behind the motor and the engine mount crushed onto it. The ESC started up ok, and seems to work, but not sure I can trust it fully, as the heat sink on it is a little deformed, and the PCB with all the FETs on it is a little deformed too.
The rest of the plane was pretty trashed, it got a large crack about half way round the fuse just behind the wing root, one wing was torn off (not that hasn't happened many a time before) and taken a fair chunk of fuse with it.
On autopsy, the elevator may have failed mid fight as it was cracked nearly all around the control horn, moving reasonably freely. It was a bit breezy when I was flying it, and I was making a lot of fast movements to keep on top of the wind.
Oh well.... so, new plane on the horizon!
NAM